Biography
Contents: 1. The beginning of a creative path 2. Directorial debuts 3. Theatrical successes 4. Other interests of Bogomolov 5. Personal life
In the narrow circles of Russian creative bohemia, the famous director Konstantin Bogomolov is also known as an advanced writer and poet. His provocative performances based on Russian classics have a controversial reputation. Many spectators go to all the productions of the scandalous director, who in Moscow is considered fashionable and elitist. Bogomolov loves to perform provocative stage experiments in academic theaters. Some critics and viewers speak enthusiastically about them, while others write extremely negative reviews. In any case, Konstantin does not like to be bored and does not allow admirers of his work to do so.
The beginning of a creative journey
The future theatrical genius is a native Muscovite. He was born in the middle of summer 1975 in the family of the famous Soviet critic and film critic Yuri Bogomolov and housewife Olga Ulyanova. He spent his childhood with his sister Olya, who later chose her parent’s profession.
In the early 90s, Konstantin became a graduate of the 1520th Moscow gymnasium, after which he entered the philological faculty of Moscow State University. Then Bogomolov studied at the Russian Academy of Theater Arts on a course taught by the famous theater director Andrei Goncharov.
The hero of our story today began writing poetry as a child. He mastered poetic technique in The Cypress Casket. This was the name of the literary workshop founded by Olga Tatarinova. For the first time, Bogomolov’s poems were published in the magazine “We” in 1990. Later, the poetry collection “The Seventeenth Echo” was published with Konstantin’s early works, and in 1995 they were included in the “Babylon” almanac.
Childhood and adolescence
Konstantin is a native Muscovite, born and raised in an intelligent family in the capital. Father, Yuri Aleksandrovich Bogomolov, is a famous film critic and television critic. Mother, Olga Georgievna Ulyanova, is a film critic, writer, author of many works on the history of cinema and famous actors of our time.
Konstantin Bogomolov in his youth
The elder sister Olga followed in the footsteps of her parents and, having graduated from the theater department of GITIS, is also engaged in film and television research. But Konstantin chose a different path and connected his life with the theater (apparently, the genes of his maternal grandfather, who played on the stage of the Vakhtangov Theater before the war, influenced him).
Parents spent a lot of time raising and educating their children, trying to encourage their creative impulses and develop their natural abilities. Konstantin studied at a school with in-depth study of the English language, was seriously involved in tennis and was fond of literature and poetry. Already at the age of twelve, he composed quite meaningful and deep poems, which were published in the school almanac “Mirror”.
Bogomolov’s literary gift was noticed in childhood
Later he ended up in the literary studio “Cypress Casket”, where classes were taught by the poet and writer Olga Tatarinova. She highly valued Kostya's literary gift and managed to instill in him confidence in his abilities.
Directorial debuts
In 2002, at the RATI, Bogomolov staged “A Lecture on the Benefits of Murder,” a stage version of literary works written by Arrabal and Mrozhik. After its release, they began to talk about Konstantin as a promising and promising director.
In 2003 at the theater. Gogol’s production “What is this soldier, what is this one” was released. His next performances were based on the prose of Gozzi and Bulgakov. At one time, Bogomolov’s performances appeared on the stages of the Center on Strastnoy, the Theater named after. Mayakovsky and Russian Academic Theater. We are talking about “Moomintroll and the Comet”, “Iphigenia in Aulis” and “Sad Anecdote” based on Chekhov’s stories.
Theater successes
After the release of the play “Much Ado About Nothing” on the stage of the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya in 2007, Bogomolov was recognized as one of the best young directors in the country. He won the Seagull Award. Both critics and viewers wrote good reviews about his work. Konstantin made very talented modern versions of classical plays.
In 2012, Bogomolov’s play “The Year I Was Not Born” began to be staged at the legendary Tabakerka. At one time he was an assistant to the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov, and then began working at the famous Lenkom. In 2014, Konstantin completed work on the production of Gagrantua and Pantagruel with his wife Daria Moroz in several roles at once. For this performance Bogomolov won the prize named after. O. Yankovsky at the Chereshnevy Forest festival. Also at the Lenkom Theater he staged the play “Boris Godunov” in an unexpected interpretation.
In 2020, Bogomolov released the acclaimed “Muller's Machine” with Sati Spivakova in the title role. This performance contained many erotic scenes, which is quite unusual for Russian academic theaters. A year later, the director completed work on “Central Park West” with Alexandra Rebenok in the title role. In 2020, he became artistic director at the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. Bogomolov headed Acting School #24.
Konstantin loves to stage well-known classics, but he completely reworks them, leaving only the canonical text of the plays. In addition, Bogomolov likes to combine different primary sources in one performance, which speaks of his innovative approach to theatrical art. Fans call the director a genius, and opponents call him crazy.
Konstantin Bogomolov
Konstantin Bogomolov is a well-known director in Russian theater, staging original performances in which he, in particular, presents classical plays to the public in an unconventional form. Many consider him a provocateur director and leave his performances before they finish watching them. At the same time, Bogomolov’s performances also have their fans; each time his productions are discussed for a long time by the public and art critics. In addition, Konstantin Bogomolov is a poet.
The early years and education of Konstantin Bogomolov
Konstantin Yuryevich Bogomolov was born on July 23, 1975 in Moscow into a family of film critics.
Father - Yuri Aleksandrovich Bogomolov - film expert and television critic.
Mother - Olga Georgievna Ulyanova - film critic, writer, author of many works on the history of cinema and actors.
Bogomolov has an older sister. Her work biography is also devoted to research in the field of cinema and television.
Parents instilled in their children an interest in creativity and developed their abilities. In addition, Konstantin Bogomolov was seriously involved in sports (tennis).
But most of all Bogomolov was attracted to poetry. Already at the age of twelve, he wrote poems and published them in the school almanac “Mirror”. At the age of 15, he was published in the literary magazine “We” and the poetry collection “Seventeenth Echo,” according to the biography of Konstantin Bogomolov on Wikipedia.
Konstantin Bogomolov studied at Gymnasium No. 1520 named after the Kaptsovs , from which he graduated in 1992.
When he got into the literary studio “Cypress Casket”, his literary abilities were highly appreciated by the poet and writer Olga Tatarinova, . She encouraged the young poet in every possible way. In 1995, Bogomolov’s poems were published in the anthology “Babylon”.
It is not surprising that after school, Konstantin entered the philological department of Moscow State University, from which he graduated in 1997. Then he continued his studies in graduate school, but studied only for a year, and then began to study at the directing department of GITIS in the workshop of Andrei Goncharov .
Career of Konstantin Bogomolov in the theater
While studying in his fourth year, Konstantin Bogomolov staged the play “Lecture on the Benefits of Murder,” showing himself to be a promising director. In addition, even then he staged performances at the theater. V. Mayakovsky .
After graduating from GITIS, Konstantin, under the patronage of the head of the department of stage speech Irina Promptova, got a job at the Gogol . Here he staged the play “What is this soldier, what is that one.” Then there were more productions that were warmly received by the Moscow public.
But his production of the play “Much Ado About Nothing” at the theater “On Malaya Bronnaya” brought him particular fame. For this work, Konstantin Bogomolov was awarded the “Seagull” prize in the “Take a Step” nomination for an unconventional reading of a classic work (2007).
Oleg Tabakov saw this performance , he invited the young director to his theater. With Tabakov, Konstantin Bogomolov received complete creative freedom. He produced many performances at Tabakerka. The theater capital started talking about his works. However, not all viewers perceived his productions positively. The departure of the audience after the first act of Bogomolov’s productions was a common occurrence, as the director deliberately shocked the audience. In addition, the reading of the classics was often so unconventional that the viewer might not understand where he had ended up.
At the same time, the criticism of the representative of the family of critics was generally appreciated; Bogomolov’s performances began to be regularly nominated for the Golden Mask and other respected awards. Many of Bogomolov's performances were awarded prestigious awards.
In 2011, Konstantin Bogomolov won the Live Theater audience award in the category “Director of the Year: New Wave” for the performances “WONDERLAND-80” and “Turandot”.
In 2012, Bogomolov was awarded the Oleg Tabakov Prize for “an original reading of Russian classics.” In 2013, he received the Oleg Yankovsky Creative Discovery Award.
In 2020, Konstantin Bogomolov was named director of the year according to GQ.
In 2020, the Golden Mask nominees included Konstantin Bogomolov (“The Jeweler’s Anniversary”) and Kirill Serebrennikov (“Ordinary History”), who had previously refused to participate in the festival due to the disapproval of the panel of experts. Bogomolov was nominated for the Golden Mask Award in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014. In 2014, he was awarded the Criticism Prize at the Golden Mask festival for creating the play An Ideal Husband. Comedy".
With Bogomolov’s productions, scandals arose not only with spectators or critics. In 2020, problems arose with the actors at Lenkom; just before the premiere, the director removed actor Alexander Sirin and decided to act as “Prince Tmyshkin” himself.
As an actor, Konstantin Bogomolov in the same year took part in the play “The Muller Machine” at the Gogol Center.
The editor-in-chief of Literaturnaya Gazeta, Yuri Polyakov, mentioned Bogomolov in his article on SP in 2016. “Almost a quarter of a century ago, the new inhabitants of the Kremlin, in gratitude for their help in overthrowing the Soviet Union, gave liberal creators full control over the artistic space and retired to the oil and gas sector. “Create, invent, try...” And feed yourself! Who ordered “An Ideal Husband” for Bogomolov, “All Shades of Blue” for Raikin “Leviathan” Zvyagintsev “Tannhäuser” for Kulyabin “The Day of the Oprichnik” for Zakharov Power? I am begging you! She forgot which way the theater seats recline,” Polyakov wrote.
Konstantin Yuryevich is co-author and co-host of the “Highlight of the Season” theater award. Since 2020, he has been running his own acting studio, created on the basis of the Moscow School of New Cinema. Also in 2016, Bogomolov received an award from the magazine “OK!” in the category “Theatre of the 21st Century”.
In 2020, Bogomolov made his film debut, filming the story “Nastenka” by Vladimir Sorokin In the filming of this film, the director involved almost the entire creative team of the untimely deceased Alexei Balabanov . In 2019, the erotic thriller “Kept Women” is being prepared for release, one of the roles in which will be played by Bogomolov’s ex-wife Daria Moroz .
One of Bogomolov’s last performances was “Glory” at the Bolshoi Drama Theater. The director did not change the text of the 30s by Viktor Gusev , but, according to him, he soldered the play according to Hollywood canons. “Plot and compositional rhyme are more important than ideology there. ...Moulin Rouge is like that, when the heroes dance and dance, and then find themselves dancing in space, and tapping a step on the planet Earth,” the BDT website quotes Bogomolov as saying.
In 2020, his play “Telluria” will be released, staged on the Taganka stage.
Public views of Konstantin Bogomolov
Bogomolov was a participant in the Russian protest movement of the 2010s. In 2013, he was an observer of a mobile group during the Moscow mayoral elections. At the same time, in 2020, Konstantin Yuryevich was a confidant of Moscow mayoral candidate Sergei Sobyanin .
Personal life of Konstantin Bogomolov
In 2010, Konstantin Bogomolov married actress Daria Moroz. The couple had a daughter, Anna. The couple separated in 2020. But Konstantin and Daria managed to maintain their partnership and continue to work on joint projects.
At the end of 2020, show business news often cited rumors about Bogomolov’s affair with Ksenia Sobchak . The reason was their public appearances together, as well as the ambiguous situation in Sobchak’s own family. Ksenia and Maxim Vitorgan stopped wearing wedding rings and celebrated New Year 2020 separately.
At the end of December, Leningrad leader Sergei Shnurov published a poem on the Internet in which he commented on rumors about Sobchak’s possible separation from her husband Maxim Vitorgan. At the same time, the musician reproached the TV presenter for making her personal life public and then “complaining” about excessive attention.
“Well, what funny media personalities! They themselves have been displaying their figures and styles, their family, under the spotlight, all their lives, then suddenly they are surprised...” wrote Shnurov.
Sobchak commented on Shnurov’s poem, using obscene language.
“To all those who are waiting for the movie “Look, she came out without a ring.” In the morning, all the “gossips” took a place in the hall to knead all the gossip into dough,” the TV presenter wrote.
On January 22, the news reported that Maxim Vitorgan had an argument with Konstantin Bogomolov in a cafe located in Kitay-Gorod in the center of Moscow. According to eyewitnesses, the men went outside, and Bogomolov returned to the establishment with blood on his face. Maxim broke his nose.
“The whole cafe is sitting and discussing now. The nose seems to be intact, since they didn’t call an ambulance, he just washed himself in the toilet,” eyewitnesses said, as reported in the media.
Konstantin Bogomolov spoke about his health after the incident with Vitorgan. According to Bogomolov, as a result of the fight he suffered a broken nose and displacement of the skull bones.
“An excellent doctor put together my nose, which was broken in two places, and brought the displaced skull bones to a more or less decent condition, and therefore the intracranial (pressure) was normalized,” the director wrote on his Instagram page.
The news reported that Bogomolov did not contact the police in connection with the incident.
Ksenia Sobchak did not comment directly on the news, but reported “large-scale problems” after a fight between her husband, actor Maxim Vitorgan, and director Konstantin Bogomolov. In particular, in the telegram channel, Sobchak, speaking about leaving the publication L'Officiel, noted that she does not think about salary arrears, since she now has other problems. “Today, specifically, I have problems larger than unpaid wages,” she wrote.
On January 26, Ksenia Sobchak caused a scandal in NTV’s dressing room; in the channel’s studio, she was supposed to comment on reports of a fight between her husband Maxim Vitorgan and director Konstantin Bogomolov.
“Sobchak caused a scandal in the NTV dressing room. She didn’t like the story about the fight between Vitorgan and Bogomolov, and she defiantly slammed the door,” the channel said in a statement.
According to Sobchak herself, she was invited to an interview on the issue of Ukraine, but in the studio it turned out that they were planning to discuss the fight between Maxim Vitorgan and Konstantin Bogomolov.
“We agreed on a live interview about Ukraine. I go into the studio of the federal channel, which called me to “discuss Ukraine,” and am preparing to enter the frame, and there is a boxing ring, two boxers, and a long summary about a fight,” Sobchak wrote.
The next day, show business news reported that Ksenia Sobchak and Konstantin Bogomolov were seen in one of the Moscow restaurants in the company of Roman Abramovich and his ex-girlfriend Nadezhda Obolentseva . From the restaurant they went to the premiere of a new play by Konstantin Bogomolov, the Telegram channel “Only Nobody” reported.
There are other rumors about Bogomolov’s personal life; the news reported that Oleg Tabakov’s widow, Marina Zudina, allegedly also had an affair with Konstantin Bogomolov.
Zudina received a role in the series by Konstantin Bogomolov based on the book by Victor Pelevin “Empire V. The Tale of a Real Superman”; spiteful critics attribute this precisely to the romance between Tabakov’s widow and the director.
Wedding with Ksenia Sobchak
In the summer of 2020, Konstantin Bogomolov admitted that he had no desire to comment on his personal life. “She’s already too visible,” he said, adding that he perfectly understands the pain of Maxim Vitorgan, from whom Sobchak left this year.
He commented on the news about his fight with Vitorgan, saying that he perceives blows to his face as “an attempt to touch the beautiful.”
On September 13, 2020, Sobchak and Bogomolov got married. It was decided to hold the celebration in Moscow at the Petrovsky Passage shopping complex. According to media reports, the event will cost at least 16 million rubles.
Ksenia Sobchak posted a photo of herself in a wedding dress on social networks. In the photo, the celebrity stood with her back to the camera in a lace dress with an open back and a long veil.
“I think I’m ready for the main day!” Sobchak captioned the photo.
The news reported that Sobchak and Bogomolov arrived at the Griboyedovsky registry office in a black hearse decorated with red flowers. On the side of the car was the inscription: “Till death do us part.”
Other interests of Bogomolov
Konstantin became the author of the video for the song “Vintage” - “A Little Advertising”. Then he began working on the filming of “Nastya”. The film is based on a novel written by the notorious author Vladimir Sorokin.
Bogomolov came up with the “Highlight of the Season” award and even acted as its presenter. At one time, Konstantin participated in Moscow protests, but then his political preferences changed dramatically. As a confidant of Sergei Sobyanin, he worked in the elections of the Moscow mayor.
The work of director Konstantin Bogomolov - films and TV series
It is noteworthy that the film career of director Konstantin Bogomolov dates back to 1987, with his episode in the film “Gobsek”. Three of his productions moved from the stage to the screen: “Fathers and Sons”, “Wolves and Sheep” and “The Year I Was Not Born”.
Konstantin directed the video “A Little Advertising” for the group “Vintage”. Surprisingly, the reviews were great. The clip pleased everyone, although it contained provocations in the style of Konstantin Bogomolov. The Vintage group was encouraged by many positive reviews. The style of the video continued their previous works.
In 2020, the film “Nastya” was released from production. In it, Bogomolov was both the director and the scriptwriter. The film was adapted from the novel by Vladimir Sorokin. The audience began to protest again when they saw Konstantin's new creation. Such a negative reaction from the audience appeared because elements of cannibalism and an attack on the foundations of the Orthodox Church are poorly perceived in modern society. Provocativeness of the theater is the key to good press.
In 2020, Bogomolov began filming a television series. This is the Kept Women project - a thriller with a touch of eroticism about the secrets of life in the capital. The premiere took place on the START video service on March 7, 2020. Episodes of the second season are being prepared for release. This is a European-level series that talks about corrupt love, but the funniest thing is that the main kept woman turns out to be an official, played by Sergei Burunov. There is a lot of sex in this work, reflections on everyday betrayal of loved ones and oneself for the sake of material well-being. Modern erection appears in all its discreet glory after numerous plastic surgeries, silicone inserts and Botox injections.
The director acted as co-author and presenter of the “Highlight of the Season” award. His co-host was Sergei Epishev.
Since 2020, the studio of director Konstantin Bogomolov has been operating on the basis of the Moscow School of New Cinema. He created it from scratch and constantly manages his brainchild.
In December 2018, the director presented his new play “Ai Fak. Tragedy,” the script for which was written based on Pelevin’s novel. It was staged at Moscow City, and, according to the audience, it became one of the brightest events in the theatrical life of Moscow. And before that, the director pleased fans with another sensational production - Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” was released in Bogomolov’s original interpretation. The audience of the Moscow Art Theater was able to see this performance. In February 2019, the premiere of the play “Telluria” took place on the stage of the Taganka Theater, which the audience also really liked.
Personal life
Bogomolov’s first love was actress Nika Pykhova, who serves in the theater “At the Nikitsky Gate”. In 2009, Konstantin met Daria Moroz, who played the wealthy young widow Kupavina in his “Wolves and Sheep.” At that time, the girl was married, but after meeting with the director, she divorced her first husband. The wedding of Konstantin and Daria took place in 2010. Four months later, the actress gave birth to a daughter, Anya. The marriage of Bogomolov and Moroz lasted eight years.
At the beginning of 2020, the yellow press began to write that a famous Moscow theater director fell in love with Ksenia Sobchak. Together, this couple visited restaurants, where they were once “caught” by the legal husband of the journalist, Maxim Vitorgan. Ksenia’s husband started a fight with Konstantin, the video of which quickly spread on the Internet.
The wedding of Bogomolov and Sobchak took place in 2020. Many media outlets wrote about her. The couple got into the hearse, which brought Konstantin and Ksenia to the registry office. The vehicle featured the words “Till Death Do Us Part.” People who saw the hearse with celebrities on the streets of Moscow were amazed. The newlyweds took the place in the hearse where the coffin is usually located.
Later there were rumors that Konstantin and Ksenia were living as a guest marriage. Each family member has his own home and has not yet moved in together. The journalist, along with her son from her first marriage, Platon, lives on the territory of Rublyovka, and the director rents an apartment in the central part of the capital.
Mistress
It turned out that the director preferred another socialite - with political and television ambitions. As Express Gazeta already reported, Ksenia Sobchak and Bogomolov first appeared in public together in early September, but strenuously demonstrated their supposedly friendly relationship and hid from the cameras. But at the premiere of The House That Jack Built they relaxed: they were caught kissing.
So far, Sobchak is still married to Maxim Vitorgan; divorce is apparently not far off: the TV presenter and actor have already taken off their wedding rings and will celebrate the New Year separately.
